Hot diggity daffodil, a 6-foot tall Lego Bender!

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TV networks can cancel Futurama as many times as they want, but they’ll never stop fans from creating awesome, awesome tributes. You know, like this six-foot-tall replica of Bender built entirely from Lego. And, yes, there is room inside his fully operational chest cavity to hide a few bottles of liquor — because everyone knows how dangerous it can be to deprive Bender of alcohol.

This brick masterpiece is the work of Adrian Drake. All told, it took him about a month to assemble the more than 20,000 pieces that make up the final build. Drake built the statue as a display for this summer’s Brickworld convention in Chicago. Understandably, the life-sized Bender was one of the crowd favorites this year. It also struck a chord with the show’s judges. Adrian received the Judge’s Choice Award and was nominated for Best Mega Creation, an award that he won at last year’s show.

Simon Liu of The Brother Brick got in on the build, too. He whipped up an amazing Richard Nixon head that can be easily snapped onto Bender’s torso. The translucent green brain slug is the perfect finishing touch.

Want to check out Adrian’s epic Bender build in person? You’ll have at least one more chance this summer, but you’ll have to head to the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. It’ll be there for BrickFair 2014 which takes place on August 2nd and 3rd.

So… now that you’ve got a model to work from, what are you waiting for? Scrounge together every light gray Lego brick you can get your hands on and start building! Just make sure to keep any powerful magnets away. You wouldn’t want to screw with the inhibition unit in your new Lego bending robot.